Desolation Boulevard
| Desolation Boulevard | ||||
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Original UK Cover | ||||
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| Released | 15 November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973–1974 | |||
| Studio | Audio International Studios, London | |||
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| Length | 41:09 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Mike Chapman in association with Nicky Chinn | |||
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| Singles from Desolation Boulevard | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− |
| Soundblab | |
| The Vinyl District | A− |
Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by English glam rock band Sweet, released in the UK in November 1974. Two noticeably different versions of the album were released: one by RCA Records in Europe, and another by Capitol Records in the United States, Canada and Japan.
The RCA version contains the single "Turn It Down" and the original recording of "Fox on the Run." The Capitol version, released in the United States in May 1975, includes the band's 1973 hit single "The Ballroom Blitz" and the single version of "Fox on the Run." In the U.S., the album peaked at #25 on 25 October 1975.
Sweet's guitarist, Andy Scott, said of Desolation Boulevard: "Such diversity only proves that the band was never going to be just formulaic, giving this album a definitive place in Sweet history".